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• CV students’ mission on Mars includes online Q&A with scientists

  May 26, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 More than 100 freshman science students at Central Valley High School learned about living life on Mars from the researchers and scientists working on simulated manned missions to the Red …

• NASA loses hundreds of moon, space rocks

  December 8, 2011 in Nation/World Astronauts may have had the ‘right stuff’ to go to the moon, but when it comes to keeping track of what they brought back, NASA seems to have misplaced some … 2

• Researchers, including WSU prof, propose system to find life

  November 28, 2011 in City on Page A7 Thousands of planets will likely be discovered in the next few years, and a new system is needed to better classify the ability of those worlds to support life, according …

• Gregoire tries again for retired space shuttle

  October 25, 2011 in Region The governor has sent a letter offering to help NASA find a temporary home for a retired space shuttle, while California and New York ready permanent new homes.

• Astronauts’ tracks, trash seen in new moon photos

  September 6, 2011 in Nation/World A robotic spaceship circling the moon has snapped the sharpest photos ever of the tracks and trash left by Apollo astronauts in visits from 1969 to 1972. 5

• NASA launches spacecraft on 5-year trip to Jupiter

  August 5, 2011 in Nation/World A sun-powered robotic explorer named Juno rocketed away today on a five-year journey to Jupiter, the solar system’s most massive and ancient planet. 2

• Space shuttle comes to ‘final stop’ after 30 years

  July 21, 2011 in Nation/World Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph today, bringing an end to NASA’s 30-year shuttle journey with one last, rousing touchdown that drew cheers and … 4

• Atlantis launches in final space shuttle mission

  July 8, 2011 in Nation/World Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit today on NASA’s last space shuttle voyage, dodging bad weather and delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators on hand to witness the end …

• Next-to-last space shuttle flight lands on Earth

  June 1, 2011 in Nation/World Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts returned to Earth early today, closing out the next-to-last mission in NASA’s 30-year program with a safe middle-of-the-night landing.

• Seattle Museum of Flight won’t get a space shuttle

  April 12, 2011 in Region NASA says Seattle’s Museum of Flight won’t get to display one of the retiring space shuttles. The museum near Boeing Field was one of 21 museum and science centers around … 9

• Space shuttle Discovery lands, ends flying career

  March 9, 2011 in Nation/World Space shuttle Discovery is back on Earth from its final voyage. The world’s most flown spaceship landed at NASA’s Florida spaceport a few minutes before noon today.

• Astronaut pitches engineering careers, Seattle shuttle plans

  August 5, 2010 in City Bonnie Dunbar’s travel photos are a lot more interesting than most. When the former astronaut showed her family homestead near Sunnyside, Wash., to Spokane’s Rotary 21 club Thursday, the view …

• Liberty Lake company provides space shuttle software

  July 7, 2010 in Business Some software used by astronauts on board the space shuttle gets there thanks to people working for a Liberty Lake company.

• Space shuttle Atlantis soars on final voyage

  May 14, 2010 in Nation/World Space shuttle Atlantis is on its way to orbit for the last time. Atlantis and an experienced crew of six blasted off this afternoon. 3

• Space shuttle prepped for launch

  April 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA fueled Discovery late Sunday for a pre-dawn launch to the International Space Station, one of the last few shuttle flights. Discovery was scheduled to blast …

• Moon-travel plans stand poor chance

  January 27, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there – that is, if President Barack … 6

• NASA probe finds strange new planets

  January 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 SAN JOSE, Calif. – Its namesake first described the laws of planetary motion. Now a 2,300-pound spacecraft directed by NASA’s Ames Research Center is revealing exotic new collections of distant …

• Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on supply mission

  November 16, 2009 in Nation/World Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Monday with six astronauts and a full load of spare parts for the International Space Station.

• NASA turns to tweeps

  November 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off today: About 100 of NASA’s geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, …

• Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water

  November 13, 2009 in Nation/World Suddenly, the moon looks exciting again. It has lots of water, scientists said Friday — a thrilling discovery that sent a ripple of hope for a future astronaut outpost in … 5

• Education by design

  November 1, 2009 in City on Page A1 The fifth-graders in a Post Falls classroom dashed back and forth from open black laptops to tabletop obstacle courses. They made minute programming adjustments, then placed the robots they built …

• NASA successfully tests new type of moon rocket

  October 29, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could yet be shelved by the White House. … 2

• NASA’s new rocket lifts off on short test flight

  October 28, 2009 in Nation/World NASA’s newest rocket blasted off on a brief test flight Wednesday, taking the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could be shelved by the White House. 1

• Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate

  October 9, 2009 in Nation/World NASA’s great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency’s much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday …

• Spokane astronomers invite public to watch moon impact

  October 7, 2009 in City A NASA mission to send a space ship crashing into the moon early Friday while another ship analyzes the plume arising from the collision is going to be watched from … 2

• NASA faces limits of low-orbit budget

  September 9, 2009 in City on Page A3 A special advisory committee on the future of America’s manned space flight program delivered a report to the White House on Tuesday that could help launch the country on an …

• Space station, shuttle offer good views tonight

  July 23, 2009 in City The space shuttle Endeavour, now docked with the International Space Station, easily can be seen tonight and Saturday night, if Inland Northwest skies are clear. 3

• NASA lost video of moon landing

  July 17, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – NASA could put a man on the moon, but it didn’t have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission. In an embarrassing acknowledgment, …

• In brief: Report says Iran hangs rebels

  July 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s state radio said authorities have hanged in public 14 members of a Sunni Muslim rebel group blamed for bombings and killings in southeastern Iran. The report …

• Astronauts toast NASA ingenuity, sip recycled urine

  May 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 HOUSTON – At the international space station, it was one small sip for man and a giant gulp of recycled urine for mankind. Astronauts aboard the space station celebrated a …

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